Effects of climate change on agriculture - Deltaproof
... the moisture shortage that is calculated with the MUST model. Some parts of this model are different to the LAMOS model, which was used for the HELP-tables, but the models are largely comparable. This model was used to derive depression tables, which are used to ascertain the depression for grasslan ...
... the moisture shortage that is calculated with the MUST model. Some parts of this model are different to the LAMOS model, which was used for the HELP-tables, but the models are largely comparable. This model was used to derive depression tables, which are used to ascertain the depression for grasslan ...
How do recent population trends matter to climate change?
... Although integrated assessment models (IAM) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) consider population, along with economic growth and technological change, as one of the root causes of greenhouse gas emissions, how population dynamics affect climate change is still under debate. Wh ...
... Although integrated assessment models (IAM) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) consider population, along with economic growth and technological change, as one of the root causes of greenhouse gas emissions, how population dynamics affect climate change is still under debate. Wh ...
February 2010 Minutes - Rubbertown Community Advisory Council
... How can we go back in time and study climate in the past? We looked at ice masses around the world. We drilled and studied differences in the bandings of the ice to learn about the climate. Each year, so much precipitation falls on these glaciers. The snowflakes capture information about what is in ...
... How can we go back in time and study climate in the past? We looked at ice masses around the world. We drilled and studied differences in the bandings of the ice to learn about the climate. Each year, so much precipitation falls on these glaciers. The snowflakes capture information about what is in ...
Solar irradiance reduction to counteract radiative forcing from a
... greenhouse gas emissions on global surface temperature, but may also result in undesirable side effects for crucial parts of the Earth system and humankind. An SRM-engineered climate would regionally differ from a naturally balanced (say preindustrial) climate of the same global mean temperature bec ...
... greenhouse gas emissions on global surface temperature, but may also result in undesirable side effects for crucial parts of the Earth system and humankind. An SRM-engineered climate would regionally differ from a naturally balanced (say preindustrial) climate of the same global mean temperature bec ...
Velocity of climate change algorithms for guiding conservation and
... Fig. 2 Sensitivity of the distance-based velocity to the threshold value used to define a climate match (a). If the requested precision for a climate match becomes very high, geographic distances to a match increase rapidly, and the resulting velocity maps become noisy. For the multivariate implemen ...
... Fig. 2 Sensitivity of the distance-based velocity to the threshold value used to define a climate match (a). If the requested precision for a climate match becomes very high, geographic distances to a match increase rapidly, and the resulting velocity maps become noisy. For the multivariate implemen ...
Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in
... production, are particularly vulnerable to climate change (Mendelsohn 2000; IPCC 2007; Kurukulasuriya et al. 2006). This vulnerability has been demonstrated by the devastating effects of recent flooding and the various prolonged droughts of the twentieth century. Thus, for many poor countries that a ...
... production, are particularly vulnerable to climate change (Mendelsohn 2000; IPCC 2007; Kurukulasuriya et al. 2006). This vulnerability has been demonstrated by the devastating effects of recent flooding and the various prolonged droughts of the twentieth century. Thus, for many poor countries that a ...
Climate change as a driver of change in the Great Lakes St
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impact of climate change on the runoff regime of an eastern
... of the recent twelve years (1995-2006) rank among the warmest years (IPCC, 2007). As per the recent IPCC report (AR5), the globally averaged combined land and ocean surface temperature data as calculated by a linear trend, show a warming of 0.85°C (0.65°C to 1.06°C), over the period 1880 to 2012, wh ...
... of the recent twelve years (1995-2006) rank among the warmest years (IPCC, 2007). As per the recent IPCC report (AR5), the globally averaged combined land and ocean surface temperature data as calculated by a linear trend, show a warming of 0.85°C (0.65°C to 1.06°C), over the period 1880 to 2012, wh ...
Climate change, development, and migration: an African Diaspora
... play an important role in this context. The role of Diaspora groups in development strategies, poverty reduction and economic growth has attracted considerable interest from policymakers in recent years but it is not yet clear to governments or development actors how they can best engage with the Di ...
... play an important role in this context. The role of Diaspora groups in development strategies, poverty reduction and economic growth has attracted considerable interest from policymakers in recent years but it is not yet clear to governments or development actors how they can best engage with the Di ...
Greening of the Earth and its drivers
... significantly (t-test, p<0.05) change the contribution of the CO2 fertilization effect to ...
... significantly (t-test, p<0.05) change the contribution of the CO2 fertilization effect to ...
Fossil fuel production in a 2°C world: The equity implications of a
... Given the growing interest in supply-side climate policy measures, it is important to look just as seriously at their equity implications. Many countries and communities are counting on benefits from fossil fuel extraction and trade to support economic growth and development. Which suppliers should ...
... Given the growing interest in supply-side climate policy measures, it is important to look just as seriously at their equity implications. Many countries and communities are counting on benefits from fossil fuel extraction and trade to support economic growth and development. Which suppliers should ...
Submission by Japan to the UN Framework Convention on Climate
... Adaptation to the impacts of climate change is nowadays essential for every country, as changes in climate have caused impacts on natural ecosystems and human societies on all continents and across the oceans. As a national adaptation planning process, the Central Environment Council conducted clima ...
... Adaptation to the impacts of climate change is nowadays essential for every country, as changes in climate have caused impacts on natural ecosystems and human societies on all continents and across the oceans. As a national adaptation planning process, the Central Environment Council conducted clima ...
Catastrophe modelling and climate change
... in the severity and likelihood of extreme weather events could have implications for the accuracy of natural catastrophe models, and this report examines whether and how catastrophe models account for climate change through a series of case studies provided by a range of academic and commercial mode ...
... in the severity and likelihood of extreme weather events could have implications for the accuracy of natural catastrophe models, and this report examines whether and how catastrophe models account for climate change through a series of case studies provided by a range of academic and commercial mode ...
Chapter 6: Projections Based on Global Climate Models
... climate models for three emissions scenarios: B1 (low), A1B (medium) and A2 (high). Results are given for three future 20-year periods centred on 2030, 2055 and 2090, relative to a 20-year period centred on 1990. • The projected warming over the PCCSP region is about 70% as large as the global aver ...
... climate models for three emissions scenarios: B1 (low), A1B (medium) and A2 (high). Results are given for three future 20-year periods centred on 2030, 2055 and 2090, relative to a 20-year period centred on 1990. • The projected warming over the PCCSP region is about 70% as large as the global aver ...
Synthesis Report “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges
... economy have developed and thrived. These indicators include global mean surface temperature, sealevel rise, global ocean temperature, Arctic sea ice extent, ocean acidification, and extreme climatic events. With unabated emissions, many trends in climate will likely accelerate, leading to an increa ...
... economy have developed and thrived. These indicators include global mean surface temperature, sealevel rise, global ocean temperature, Arctic sea ice extent, ocean acidification, and extreme climatic events. With unabated emissions, many trends in climate will likely accelerate, leading to an increa ...
litreview12forword_wm_review_9feb2012
... Figure 1(a) shows the distribution of annual rainfall across West Africa and averaged from Jan 1901 to December 2009. It uses the CRU TS 2.1 data set (CRU), which is a database of monthly climatic variables constructed from observational data [Mitchell and Jones, 2005] and interpolated to a 0.5◦ gri ...
... Figure 1(a) shows the distribution of annual rainfall across West Africa and averaged from Jan 1901 to December 2009. It uses the CRU TS 2.1 data set (CRU), which is a database of monthly climatic variables constructed from observational data [Mitchell and Jones, 2005] and interpolated to a 0.5◦ gri ...
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... DB- the magnitude of these carbon budgets would be significant. The carbon budget of Asia has a median value of exceeding 2500 GtCO2. This budget alone would be more than double the global allowable budget compatible with 2oC, represented by the colored areas in the chart. Indeed, Asia alone would a ...
... DB- the magnitude of these carbon budgets would be significant. The carbon budget of Asia has a median value of exceeding 2500 GtCO2. This budget alone would be more than double the global allowable budget compatible with 2oC, represented by the colored areas in the chart. Indeed, Asia alone would a ...
showing AIT - Department for Education
... by governments, world leaders and the United Nations. It is recognised as one of the most significant challenges facing the world and international community today. However, many of the facts surrounding climate change and the evidence relating to the issues involved have been presented in ways that ...
... by governments, world leaders and the United Nations. It is recognised as one of the most significant challenges facing the world and international community today. However, many of the facts surrounding climate change and the evidence relating to the issues involved have been presented in ways that ...
Peak and Decline Emissions Paths and the Global Warming Target
... rise in 2020 emissions increases the required rate of reduction by 0.15 percentage points. This sensitivity falls as the budget constraint rises, being only 0.08 percentage points for the 550 GtC constraint and 0.03 points for the 650 GtC constraint. Secondly, for the 450 GtC constraint, the impact ...
... rise in 2020 emissions increases the required rate of reduction by 0.15 percentage points. This sensitivity falls as the budget constraint rises, being only 0.08 percentage points for the 550 GtC constraint and 0.03 points for the 650 GtC constraint. Secondly, for the 450 GtC constraint, the impact ...
Topic 12: Agriculture, Climate Change and Adaptation
... considerations of liability and ethics; political issues, polluters pay principles and North-South issues. ...
... considerations of liability and ethics; political issues, polluters pay principles and North-South issues. ...
James Hurrell*1, Gerald A. Meehl1, David Bader2
... of smaller-scale processes and their interactions with the larger scale will be essential. b. Value of testing models on all time scales A paradigm has long been that it is not essential to get all of the details of weather correct as long as their statistically averaged effects on the climate syste ...
... of smaller-scale processes and their interactions with the larger scale will be essential. b. Value of testing models on all time scales A paradigm has long been that it is not essential to get all of the details of weather correct as long as their statistically averaged effects on the climate syste ...
Global warming controversy
The global warming controversy concerns the public debate over whether global warming is occurring, how much has occurred in modern times, what has caused it, what its effects will be, whether any action should be taken to curb it, and if so what that action should be. In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused primarily by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view, though a few organizations with members in extractive industries hold non-committal positions. Disputes over the key scientific facts of global warming are now more prevalent in the popular media than in the scientific literature, where such issues are treated as resolved, and more in the United States than globally.Political and popular debate concerning the existence and cause of climate change includes the reasons for the increase seen in the instrumental temperature record, whether the warming trend exceeds normal climatic variations, and whether human activities have contributed significantly to it. Scientists have resolved many of these questions decisively in favour of the view that the current warming trend exists and is ongoing, that human activity is the primary cause, and that it is without precedent in at least 2000 years. Disputes that also reflect scientific debate include estimates of how responsive the climate system might be to any given level of greenhouse gases (climate sensitivity), and what the consequences of global warming will be.Global warming remains an issue of widespread political debate, often split along party political lines, especially in the United States. Many of the largely settled scientific issues, such as the human responsibility for global warming, remain the subject of politically or economically motivated attempts to downplay, dismiss or deny them – an ideological phenomenon categorised by academics and scientists as climate change denial. The sources of funding for those involved with climate science – both supporting and opposing mainstream scientific positions – have been questioned by both sides. There are debates about the best policy responses to the science, their cost-effectiveness and their urgency. Climate scientists, especially in the United States, have reported official and oil-industry pressure to censor or suppress their work and hide scientific data, with directives not to discuss the subject in public communications. Legal cases regarding global warming, its effects, and measures to reduce it have reached American courts. The fossil fuels lobby and free market think tanks have often been identified as overtly or covertly supporting efforts to undermine or discredit the scientific consensus on global warming.